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Newbie needing help

12-09-2012, 02:12 AM

I have been following the primal plan for over a month. I ate pretty well before. Very little processed foods. No fast food. I have cut out grains completely (big change for me) trying to limit starchy vegetables. I also limit my dairy and fruit. I don't know how much of protein, fat and carbs to eat to loose weight. I have been paying close attention to my carb intake and trying to keep it around 100 grams a day. Since my food no longer has labels how do I know how many grams of each I am eating. I have done some research on the internet but that is timing consuming. I was using my fitness pal to track food and grams but that too is time consuming.
Digestively I feel great. I always thought I had some gluten intolerance and this has proven that. But I am very disappointed in my results. I have lost no weight and no body fat. Plus I can't keep up with my cycling club n the weekends. My heart rate shoots up quickly. Similar to when I first started riding several years ago. I think this is the right path for me but I am frustrated.

Get a food scale, weigh your food and look up calorie and protein and fat counts on the Internet. There's really no way around it if you want to keep track of what you're eating. You don't have to make an online journal on food tracking site, a written one will do. You may not be losing weight because you haven't been keeping track of calories and being conscious about what you eat. Maybe you're snacking too much, or eating too many calories. You won't know until you start tracking.

F 28/5'4/100 lbs

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I'll take a look at these books. I have a pretty good scale. I would really like to reduce my body fat. I have been working out a lot for several years but haven't, despite my efforts, haven't been able to budge my weight or body fat. I think I have possibly been working too hard and my body is hanging on to things. I believe I am a good eater.Until trying the primal thing I counted calories. I usually ate around 1700 calories a day unless I had a big bike ride and then about 2200. I would work out about an hour a day plus by bike rides on the weekends. Those are about 4 hours or so.